Late Arrival

MNTSep 5, 2011

The full roster of players has now arrived in Belgium. All 20 players trained this morning but not before a late dash to the field by Kyle Beckerman! Kyle arrived on the overnight flight and went straight from the airport to the training pitch. A set of gear was waiting for him, and once he dug his boots out of his suitcase he was good to go.

"It wasn't too bad," Beckerman told the Blog after training. "I think I had a lot of energy when I got on the plane. I was ready to move around."

No phone booth but still awesome.

Once in awhile there's a long bus ride associated with training, maybe 45 minutes or something if you hit traffic. But how's this for a commute to the practice field:

"I left at 11 a.m. from Salt Lake City and got to New York around 5:30," said Beckerman. "I had a flight from New York at 7:25 and got into Brussels this morning at 9 a.m. There was an absolute mob at customs. I got to the front and there was a driver waiting for me. I went right to practice put on some gear and went to work."

So after all that how did it go?

"I felt alright. I was happy to see the guys again and get back with the team. It was good to get the initial part of meeting up with the guys over with and great to get right into the camp as we get focused on the game."

Indeed. There's one more training for the MNT this afternoon, this one is in the stadium where tomorrow's game will be held. After that it's focus on Belgium as we're just more than 24 hours away from kickoff.